Posts tagged "dating tip"

Have you ever been in love? I have. It's fun! People ask, "Have you ever been in love?" and you get to say, "Yes. Yes I have." There's other good stuff, too, but I don't have to explain that to you. You've seen the terrible movies and heard the awful songs. I've been in love.

I feel pretty good about my path toward a forever-partner. I dated a lot of guys, had numerous long- and longish-term relationships and a lot of premarital sex. I don't believe that marriage is "the end" of your emotional or sexual growth as a woman, but I'm also glad I did everything I wanted…

Yesterday at a Richardson High School assembly in Texas, students got some ... interesting ... relationship advice. Motivational speaker Justin Lookadoo — now appropriately deemed #LookADouche by the students — shared questionable "tips" such as telling students that "dateable girls know how to shut up." I'm sure that went over wonderfully with fragile 14-year-olds' self-esteem.

We think it's awfully cute that OKCupid couple, Clara Benson and Jeff Wilson, decided to go on a 21-day, seat-of-their pants European excursion after only 12 dates. And we're a little shocked (but thrilled) that they decided to continue dating after the trip. Let's be honest, the odds of that are like…

You're on your way to your local watering hole one evening and you spot something familiar in the gait, the walk, the hand gestures of a person heading your way on the street. You realize with sudden, sinking dread that it’s your ex who you…

So you've finally found The One (or at least The One For The Foreseeable Future) and you've committed to a serious relationship. Now what? In our new weekly column, Life After Dating, we'll discuss the unique joys and challenges of coupledom. Dear Single Friends, We haven't seen a lot of you lately. And whe…

Here is a example of something that happens to people in relationships: we strive for perfection at all costs. Things go well, things are proceeding according to the path you created in your head. Things feel perfect. Your relationship is a glorious jewel of correctness, shining…

It's a universal truth that men get freaked the fuck out when a woman utters the phrase, "We need to talk." (It freaks women out as well, but not to quite the same extent.) If you want to get a guy quivering in his boots, those four words will always do the trick. But WHY?

According to some new research, the unknown enemy of many a relationship is psoriasis (that skin disorder that Kim Kardashian has). Who knew? I mean, once a guy canceled a date by telling me he "was itching all over." But I'm pretty sure that was just lie because he…

Here's the conundrum: the person who you love most in the world wants to talk about an issue. You're honored, of course, that they're coming to you with their dilemma, but at the same time, it's challenging because you know them so well that you can cut straight through the BS and tell them that…

I think we can all agree that when you're ass-deep in online dating process, the one and only thing that would make you feel better about this digging-through-profiles farce that has become your love life would be to meet an actual, human person you're attracted to IN REAL LIFE. I'm not saying you should…

Say you’re in a new relationship, and things are going well. There are dinners, there is coffee in bed when you want it, there is sparkling conversation and wit and banter, there are all-consuming exchanges of emotion that leave you revitalized and ready to seize the rest of your lives together. You’ve reached a state…

Here's what's easy: Sitting in your apartment, doing things that you like to do, justifying this behavior by saying that because it is what you want to do, it is absolutely correct. Rejecting new experiences because they could fail, because you could embarrass yourself or fall on your face or loose…

It's Halloween and everyone is gearing up with their spookiest stories. Maybe you've never experienced a bonafide haunting, but there might be a ghost in your midst and it could be wreaking more havoc than you'd imagine. We're talking about the deep, dark issues that haunt your relationship -- the kind that pop u…

Online dating is not for the faint of heart. That much I can tell you from personal experience. From the guy who called his own mother a "slut" to the guy who picked a fight with me on our second date, it truly was a wild ride and I'm glad not to be kissing any…

The rush that comes from infatuation is a drug as powerful and all-consuming as the sadness and white hot rage that follows a breakup. It is in these two extreme states that your desire to consume all you can about a person is at its highest. Through the sorcery of the internet, it's all at…

Couples and singles often view each other with a mix of confusion, suspicion, and, sometimes, straight-up hostility. We all know, deep down, that someone's relationship status doesn't define them or instantly turn them into a cliche, but that sure doesn't…

No boyfriend is perfect. But when you've taken one into your heart, you've made a silent vow to accept each other as you are, imperfections, foibles and all. You've asked him a quadrillion times to stop leaving his wet towel on the carpet, yet, faithfully, it ends up there after every shower. And each day,…

There comes a time in every new thing when it feels necessary to define what's going on between the two of you. You need to have "the talk." Say things have been going well, feelings are mutual and developing rapidly. You know that you should talk about…

Simply Irresistible

Over the years, we've poked fun at a lot of "based on a true story" movies that turned out to be bullshit. But then we thought that maybe we should stop giving Hollywood shit for embellishing history a bit if it lets them tell a slightly better story. So instead, we decided to give Hollywood…

As you slog your way through the myriad not-yet-April Fools' Day pranks that plague this nation, revel in this: no one has ever pranked someone better than Michael Jackson pranked Russell Crowe, and he did it for years. In an interview with The Guardian, Crowe revealed that despite having never met Jackson,…